Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Chozo Ghost]

Dear Lollipop Chainsaw. Please come to Wii U.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4&feature=related

[Kairon]

Dear Lollipop Chainsaw. Please come to Wii U.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4&feature=related

I love that song. Operation Lollipop, here I come!

[Kairon]

Dear Lollipop Chainsaw. Please come to Wii U.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4&feature=related

I love that song. Operation Lollipop, here I come!

[[Chorus:
Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop *POP*] X2]

Want my Chainsaw Lollipop
On Wii U
'Cause Suda's games are fun and true!
Don't own an XBox, PS3,
Won't you port this game to me?
I need my

[Chorus X 1]

Touchdown well, he had a stick,
The Killers, personalities,
But Juliet, your chainsaw's sick,
On Wii U, let's kill zombies...

[Chorus X 1]

Crazy way your games play,
Rock and roll!
I'll buy them on Nintendo's console,
I'll reserve them and play through the night,
And hey, your boyfriend Nick's alright,
Please Chainsaw...

[Chorus X 1]

Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop Lollipop
Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli
Lollipop oh Lollipop

[Chozo Ghost]

I nominate Kairon's song for this forum's "post of the month".

Or at least I would if this site had a "post of the month" contest, which it should... *hint hint*

[Sarail]

SO very happy that Fire Emblem is hanging on. I hope to see it cross the 500k mark very soon.

[broodwars]

I'll be interested to see if Persona 4 Golden ends up having any legs, or if it's yet another flash-in-the-pan game that ends up selling quite well for a week or two and then just vanishes from the chart (taking the Vita hardware sales with it).

[NWR_insanolord]

I nominate Kairon's song for this forum's "post of the month".

Or at least I would if this site had a "post of the month" contest, which it should... *hint hint*

If we did have such a contest, I, as King of the Forums Community Manager, would be in charge of it, and it would be incredibly corrupt.

[noname2200]

I'll be interested to see if Persona 4 Golden ends up having any legs, or if it's yet another flash-in-the-pan game that ends up selling quite well for a week or two and then just vanishes from the chart (taking the Vita hardware sales with it).

The game ate up a large chunk of the current userbase. Under those circumstances, I can only see it having legs if the system itself sees a prolonged rise in sales.

[Enner]

Japan Numbers!
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/06/27/this-week-in-sales-we-all-live-in-a-pokemon-world
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=480258

Period: The week of June 18th – June 24th (2012)

Top-seller: Pokémon Black/White 2 – 1,561,738

Nintendo 3DS sales: 68,056 | Total sales: 6,352,597

PlayStation Vita sales: 13,589 | Total sales: 779,103

01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2/White 2 (Pokemon Co.) - 1,561,738 / NEW
02./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) - 58,228 / 721,174 (-12%)
03./01. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus Co.) - 29,293 / 166,369 (-79%)
04./00. [PSP] Kenka Banchou Bros. Tokyo Battle Royale (Spike) - 21,797 / NEW
05./04. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEI) - 18,715 / 165,013 (-48%)
06./00. [PS3] K-On! Houkago Live!! (Afterschool Live!) HD Version (SEGA) - 13,581 / NEW
07./08. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 13,339 / 447,126 (-17%)
08./07. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) - 13,036 / 198,047 (-27%)
09./06. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom) - 9,162 / 446,410 (-49%)
10./03. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Shoten) - 7,898 / 61,246 (-85%)
11./10. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 7,609 / 1,631,358 (-18%)
12./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 5,091 / 1,746,836 (-24%)
13./05. [PSP] Akiba's Trip Plus (Acquire) - 5,034 / 34,539 (-83%)
14./00. [360] Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (Capcom) - 4,889 / NEW
15./00. [PSP] Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi (Comfort) - 4,854 / NEW
16./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 4,287 / 965,713 (+8%)
17./14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 4,269 / 1,481,643 (-23%)
18./13. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 3,972 / 417,760 (-31%)
19./11. [PSV] Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai) - 3,668 / 52,790 (-58%)
20./17. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 2,965 / 186,789 (-17%)


3DS - 7
PS3 - 4
PSP - 3
PSV - 2
WII - 2
360 - 1
NDS - 1



Code:
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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  3DS  |     68,056  |     61,793  |  2,070,454  |   6,352,598  |
|  PS3  |     15,680  |     14,673  |    619,277  |   8,255,663  |
|  PSV  |     13,589  |     34,459  |    339,117  |     779,102  |
|  PSP  |      8,954  |      9,740  |    433,008  |  19,162,370  |
|  WII  |      6,127  |      5,963  |    248,239  |  12,411,461  |
|  NDS  |      1,604  |      1,069  |     44,349  |  32,852,833  |
|  360  |      1,073  |      1,084  |     38,136  |   1,574,180  |
|  PS2  |      1,065  |      1,237  |     29,388  |  21,803,495  |
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|  DSi  |        900  |        380  |     18,898  |   5,852,950  |
| DSiLL |        704  |        689  |     25,451  |   2,319,768  |
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Pokemon reigns over the charts with Black 2 & White 2 selling 1.56 million units in its first two days of sale. Dragon Quest Monsters for the 3DS hangs in there at a distant second places while Persona 4: The Golden has a -79% in its second week out. The unplayable Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor debuts in #14 with 4,889 units sold.

[Luigi Dude]

And Vita drops like a rock again.  Right now, there isn't a announced game in the systems future planned for release in Japan that's anywhere close in popularity that Persona 4 was.

So the next several months are going to be very brutal for the Vita.

[Sarail]

Welp, Nintendo just made enough money to last through the Wii U era.

[Louieturkey]

Welp, Nintendo just made enough money to last through the Wii U era.

Pretty much.  I am wondering how many 3DS LL's will sell in its first week on sale.

[Tamazoid]

And Vita drops like a rock again.  Right now, there isn't a announced game in the systems future planned for release in Japan that's anywhere close in popularity that Persona 4 was.

So the next several months are going to be very brutal for the Vita.

Well next week sees the release of the white Vita and the MGS Collection so there may be another increase.


And I believe in August(?) some sort of rhythm game called Natsune Miku is released. I think the last PSP game in the series sold 400k in Japan. But your right, Vita is in desperate need of some game announcements. And we thought the first year of the 3DS was dry.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/04/this-week-in-sales-fatal-frame-poses-for-the-camera-hack-gets-infected/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=481180

Period: The week of June 25th – July 1st (2012)

Top-seller: Pokémon Black/White 2 – 420,780

Nintendo 3DS sales: 66,391 | Total sales: 6,418,988

PlayStation Vita sales: 25,636 | Total sales: 804,739

01./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (Â¥4.800) - 416.850 / 2.035.471 (-74%)
02./00. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of the Land of Twilight <RPG> (Gust) {2012.06.28} (Â¥7.140) - 75.874 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Robotics;Notes # <ADV> (5pb.) {2012.06.28} (Â¥7.140) - 57.797 / NEW
04./00. [3DS] Culdcept <TBL> (Nintendo) {2012.06.28} (Â¥4.800) - 54.086 / NEW
05./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (Â¥5.490) - 43.648 / 787.615 (-39%)
06./00. [PS3] Resident Evil Chronicles HD Selection <STG> (Capcom) {2012.06.28} (Â¥4.990) - 28.042 / NEW
07./00. [WII] Fatal Frame 2: Wii Edition <ADV> (Nintendo) {2012.06.28} (Â¥6.800) - 24.804 / NEW
08./00. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition <ADV> (Konami) {2012.06.28} (Â¥4.980) - 23.586 / NEW
09./00. [360] Robotics;Notes # <ADV> (5pb.) {2012.06.28} (Â¥7.140) - 17.076 / NEW
10./00. [PS3] .hack: Sekai no Mukou ni + Versus - Hybrid Pack # <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.06.28} (Â¥7.140) - 16.664 / NEW
11./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol.9 <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.06.28} (Â¥9.980) - 14.086 / NEW
12./08. [WII] Mario Party 9 <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (Â¥5.800) - 12.314 / 458.034 (+5%)
13./05. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden <RPG> (Atlus) {2012.06.14} (Â¥7.329) - 12.261 / 182.829 (-32%)
14./06. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open <SPT> (Nintendo) {2012.05.24} (Â¥4.800) - 12.035 / 240.521 (-11%)
15./03. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.06.07} (Â¥4.980) - 11.491 / 178.628 (-40%)
16./00. [PSP] Dies Irae: Amantes Amentes # <ADV> (Views) {2012.06.28} (Â¥7.140) - 11.124 / NEW
17./04. [PSP] Kenka Bancho Bros: Tokyo Battle Royale <ADV> (Spike) {2012.06.21} (Â¥5.229) - 10.474 / 29.284 (-44%)
18./00. [PSP] Strike Witches: Shirogane no Tsubasa # <STG> (Kadokawa Shoten) {2012.06.28} (Â¥6.279) - 8.964 / NEW
19./12. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (Â¥4.800) - 5.797 / 1.645.003 (-16%)
20./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (Â¥5.800) - 5.484 / 1.480.200 (-8%)
21./17. [WII] Wii Sports Resort # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2009.06.25} (Â¥4.800) - 5.052 / 2.909.384 (+23%)
22./10. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.05.24} (Â¥7.990) - 5.021 / 449.008 (-43%)
23./00. [3DS] Detective Jinguuji Saburo: Ronde Revenge <ADV> (Arc System Works) {2012.06.28} (Â¥5.040) - 4.994 / NEW
24./15. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (Â¥4.800) - 4.652 / 1.752.616 (-15%)
25./00. [PSP] Unending Bloody Call # <ADV> (Asgard) {2012.06.28} (Â¥6.090) - 4.408 / NEW
26./00. [PSP] Arabians Lost: The Engagement on the Desert # <ADV> (QuinRose) {2012.06.28} (Â¥6.300) - 3.747 / NEW
27./09. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw # <ACT> (Kadokawa Games) {2012.06.14} (Â¥7.980) - 3.626 / 62.608 (-60%)
28./19. [WII] Wii Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (Â¥4.800) - 3.615 / 2.296.760 (+20%)
29./14. [PSP] Akiba's Trip Plus <ADV> (Acquire) {2012.06.14} (Â¥3.990) - 3.421 / 36.223 (-42%)
30./29. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.11.23} (Â¥5.040) - 3.085 / 238.028 (+53%)

Top 30

PS3 - 8
3DS - 7
PSP - 6
WII - 5
PSV - 2
360 - 1
NDS - 1

HARDWARE
Code:
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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |     65.267 |     66.953 |     31.545 |  2.284.815 |  1.185.436 |   6.420.554 |
|  PSV  |     22.638 |     12.100 |            |    376.295 |            |     779.089 |
|  PS3  |     16.399 |     13.785 |     19.290 |    711.864 |    640.338 |   8.129.012 |
| PSP # |     11.461 |      9.868 |     26.587 |    511.794 |  1.104.311 |  18.748.902 |
|  WII  |      6.880 |      5.713 |     11.915 |    272.458 |    425.006 |  12.440.201 |
|  360  |        861 |      1.194 |      1.874 |     34.670 |     70.598 |   1.555.408 |
| NDS # |        657 |        500 |      6.890 |     20.896 |    621.817 |  32.856.398 |
|  PS2  |        490 |        403 |      1.051 |     14.105 |     36.054 |  21.968.396 |
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|  ALL  |    124.653 |    110.516 |     99.152 |  4.226.897 |  4.083.560 | 102.897.960 |
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|  3DS  |     65.267 |     66.953 |     31.545 |  2.284.815 |  1.185.436 |   6.420.554 |
|  DSi  |        657 |        500 |      6.624 |     20.896 |    596.466 |   8.266.094 |
|  PSP  |     11.461 |      9.868 |     26.459 |    511.794 |  1.084.826 |  18.588.327 |
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Pokemon remains at the top, clearing 2 million, while Culdcept 3D and Fatal Frame 2 for the Wii debut at the 4th and 7th position, respectively.

[Shaymin]

So that's $122 million US in straight revenue from 9 days of sales in one country of one game on a dead platform.

Nintendo: Rocking the long tail since 1889.

[Tamazoid]

Metal Gear Solid Collection Vita has sold worse than MGS3 3D. And the latter was released at a more expensive price.


#Vitadead

[Kairon]

So that's $122 million US in straight revenue from 9 days of sales in one country of one game on a dead platform.

Nintendo: Rocking the long tail since 1889.

This is why Nintendo didn't launch Pokemon B&W2 on the 3DS: Pokemon is their clean-up hitter franchise for handhelds and is best suited to an already-established user-base where it can really feed off of the trading and interaction possibilities.

[broodwars]

Metal Gear Solid Collection Vita has sold worse than MGS3 3D. And the latter was released at a more expensive price.


#Vitadead

If you own a Vita, you probably own a PS3 and the PS3 has a FAAAAAARR superior version of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection.  I think that's the root of it, because normally Metal Gear sells hardware pretty well for Sony.

[Ian Sane]

Metal Gear Solid Collection Vita has sold worse than MGS3 3D. And the latter was released at a more expensive price.


#Vitadead

If you own a Vita, you probably own a PS3 and the PS3 has a FAAAAAARR superior version of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection.  I think that's the root of it, because normally Metal Gear sells hardware pretty well for Sony.

I think that sums up the problem with Sony handhelds.  Sony treats their handhelds like some inferior portable version of their consoles.  Nintendo, however, treats their handhelds like unique systems with different exclusive games and experiences than their consoles.  Nobody wants a handheld version of a console where you need to rebuy the same games.  You either have to make something unique or make it so that the same physical games work on both the handheld and console.

[Chozo Ghost]

make it so that the same physical games work on both the handheld and console.

You mean like the Sega Nomad? That idea didn't really go anywhere, but that's probably just because Sega didn't back it enough.

[Louieturkey]

make it so that the same physical games work on both the handheld and console.

You mean like the Sega Nomad? That idea didn't really go anywhere, but that's probably just because Sega didn't back it enough.

After the Genesis, Sega didn't back anything enough. They put their hands in too many pies.

I do believe that there are games coming out that if you buy one version, you get the counterpart on the PS3/Vita for free.

[Chozo Ghost]

One potentially good thing about this "digital download only" future that we seem to be heading into is that if every game is a digital download then that should make cross-platform compatibility between handhelds and consoles more feasible. Obviously Disc based media is a poor choice on a portable, just as flash cards are a poor choice for consoles, but digital downloads work equally well on either.

[Ian Sane]

make it so that the same physical games work on both the handheld and console.

You mean like the Sega Nomad? That idea didn't really go anywhere, but that's probably just because Sega didn't back it enough.

I don't think it's really a feasible concept yet but it's really what people would want.  No one wants to buy the same game for the PS3 and Vita.  They want to buy ONE game and play it on both, like you buy ONE MP3 and use it on your PC and iPod or ONE DVD and it works on your home DVD player and your portable one.  It's either THAT or provide a different experience with the handheld.  No one wants something that's in between... like the PSP and Vita.

[noname2200]

No one wants to buy the same game for the PS3 and Vita.  They want to buy ONE game and play it on both, like you buy ONE MP3 and use it on your PC and iPod or ONE DVD and it works on your home DVD player and your portable one. 

I thought that was already in the works? Admittedly, I could just be outright mistaken, or it could just be a few titles.

[TJ Spyke]

Some PS3/Vita games are already like that, but others aren't.